Writing this blog post was something I wasn’t sure I wanted to do. Publishing it is something I was even less sure about. Now I’ve written it though I think I need it to explain why I might not be my usual cheery self for the next few weeks, and why outfit posts might be a bit scarce (a ghost would have more colour in their face than I do right now).
Yesterday was a really bad day.
While on the bus home from work I got a phone call from my mum telling me my next door neighbour had found my beautiful cat Harley unconscious on the floor and that we needed to rush him to the emergency vets. Only two hours later and the worst was confirmed – he wasn’t going to make it and the kindest thing to do was put him to sleep.
The vet suspected he had somehow ingested anti-freeze which is lethal to cats (1 teaspoons is fatal). She told me Antifreeze actually tastes quite sweet to animals so they’re attracted to the smell, which is why they’ve found they get a lot of these cases at this time of year. I really hope it was an accident and he simply drank it out of puddle, although the vet told me they do get cases of people (who obviously hate cats) deliberately leaving out tainted meat to attract them which shocked me to the core.
Right now my main priority is looking after my other cat Tallulah, who’s completely devastated. Luckily she’s already quite clingy so rarely goes outside anyway and when she does she never strays too far. I’ll be keeping a very close eye on her anyway though and making sure she has enough love and attention so that she gets used to Harley not being here too.
As for me, I’m coping a lot better today than I was yesterday. No-one expects their 2-year-old cat that they only adopted 7 weeks ago to pass away when only the day before he'd seemed absolutely fine. It’s been a massive shock but I’ve had the most amazing support from my family, especially my mum who was there crying with me as the vet put him to sleep and made me dinner when I got in after she found out I hadn't eaten since breakfast, plus provided more cups of tea than I'm capable of drinking.
It’s going to be hard but I know I’ll be ok in the end. And I hope so will Tallulah.
It really makes me so sad when people's pets pass away. I'm so sorry to hear about your news it's a dreadful feeling when an animal dies. It shocked me too to even think that a human being could harm an animal! I hope you and Tallulah find comfort in each other, sending love your way x
Thank you so much Lauren that's really sweet of you. I know, I couldn't believe it either. I just hope it was nothing more than a horrible accident - hate to think there's people where I live that would do something that awful.
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Oh no! Hopefully it was just an accident - it's horrible to think that people would do that.
Having a cat myself, I can totally understand how devastated you are... It's never nice when a pet passes away. Hope things get better for you! x
Thank you, I really hope things gets better too.
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Aww no, I'm so sorry *hugs* We lost my Poppet last October - she was 14 though and it was her time. I can't imagine how you feel.
My other cat Snowball has also become really clingy and loving since Poppet went. Think she's feeling lonely :( It's horrible because you can't explain to them what's gone on.
I know, it's so sad :( she literally follows me everywhere around the house nowadays. I still miss him loads and I think she must too, although she's got a bit more used to it now, it's still so weird him not being around :(
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